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LUNENBURG -- There's no better cure for a baseball team's struggles than a full team effort at the plate.

The Leominster American Willie Sinclair (11-year-old) all-stars got contributions from up and down the lineup, snapping a two-game skid with a 9-3 victory over Lunenburg Saturday afternoon at Ray Powell Field.

American gets back to its winning ways, improving to 3-2 in the pool play slate, while Lunenburg fell to 1-3 with the defeat.

Leominster posted runs in four of the seven innings after the bats had a difficult time manufacturing hits the last two times out. Eight of the 10 Leominster batters recorded hits, while of the two that did not, one drove in a run and the other reached on a walk.

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"Today, they hit very well," Leominster American manager Mike Vigue said. "It was good to see after the last couple of games where we struggled. It's good to see that they are starting to peak at the right time. It was a good day for them."

The top four batters of the American lineup each had multiple hits, with No. 3 hitter Brandon Arsenault driving in a pair of runs.

American started the game with three straight hits, including an RBI single from Dylan Vigue, then Joey Montaquilla tacked on an RBI single of his own that made it 2-0 right out of the gate.

Lunenburg had a response in the bottom half of the first inning.

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Cam Mackenzie reached on a one-out single, and then the Knights' most prolific hitter of the day, Nathan Handy (2 for 3), drove him home with a single up the middle, which cut the gap to 2-1.

American's lineup really got cooking in the third inning. The top four were at it again, as Therron Glynn reached on an infield hit and Dylan Vigue singled to put two on. Arsenault then belted a double to deep center field, which got past the outfielder and extended the lead to 4-1.

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Cleanup hitter Sean Dutton marked the fourth straight hit to start the inning. Erik Torres grounded out to first to drive in the fifth run, then Montaquilla grounded into a fielder's choice at second to make it 6-1.

Lunenburg got one back in the bottom half of the fourth. With two outs, and Chris Chow sitting at third after a walk, a stolen base and passed ball, Christian Adamson came through with a deep shot to right-center that gave Chow plenty of time to easily stroll home.

American would squash any hopes of a comeback a half-inning later. Dylan Vigue reached on an error, ending up on second, and a sacrifice moved him to third with one out. Two timely hits from the middle of the lineup helped push the lead to 8-2 as Dutton and Torres each came up with nice RBI singles.

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The bottom of the American lineup then tacked on some insurance in the sixth. No. 9 hitter Adam Bessette walked, then took third on an error. No. 10 hitter Shayne Booth skied a double to center that expanded the advantage to 9-2.

Lunenburg was hoping for its second straight comeback against a Leominster team, and made a good bid to start the second, with a walk and a single from Handy. With two outs, Chow got the potential rally started with an RBI double that put two runners in scoring position.

A walk loaded the bases next, but the Leominster reliever fanned the final batter to end the threat.

"We beat the last Leominster team we faced during the last at-bat," Lunenburg manager Rick Hill said. "I thought we were going to do it again today. This team tends to come out a little bit slow, but we have a bunch of talented ballplayers who can pick it up when they need to."

Dylan Vigue got the start on the bump for American and did an effective job of holding the Lunenburg bats in check. Vigue went four strong innings, allowing two runs on four hits, while striking out eight.